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Title : (Northeast Asian History Foundation Document Series 29)
      Translation and Annotation: China History on Foreign Relations 9
      ― with Regard to Foreign Nations

Northeast Asian History Foundation (Ed.)
Northeast Asian History Foundationㅣ4x6ㅣ621 pagesㅣKRW13,000ㅣMarch 30, 2010
ISBN 978-89-6187-160-0-94910/978-89-6187-161-7-94910
Set 978-89-6184-106-8

Since the of Sima Qian, Chinese dynasties had compiled previous dynasties' history in the form of a series of biographies. These compilations of history are called official dynastic histories or Zhengshi. The collection of Chinese historical books including are referred to as 25 Histories, and these books and ― which has not been incorporated into official history ― are called 26 Histories. The objective of compiling official histories in China was to establish a unified perception of history with national power. As such, their content and format strongly reflect Chinese dynasties' views, and these histories were written from a sino-centric perspective, in particular for parts related to foreign countries or other tribes. This means that description of foreign countries in Chinese history not only reflects the realities at that time but also is greatly influenced by sino-centric ideology. In this regard, texts concerning foreign countries in China's official dynastic histories, reveal China's sino-centric perception of history, frontiers, and the world.

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(부족, 국가 이름은 대개 중국어 발음으로 처리했습니다. 중국 역사서이기도 하고, 별도의 참고 자료를 주시지 않은 상황에서 중국어 이외의 알파벳 명칭이나 발음이 있는지도 확인하기가 매우 어렵습니다.)
Vol. 1
• Commentary of texts concerning foreign countries in
• GoryoㆍBaekjeㆍSillaㆍWuji(勿吉)ㆍ Xi(奚) ㆍKhitanㆍShiwei(室韋)ㆍDoumolou (豆莫婁)ㆍDidougan (地豆干)ㆍWuluohou (烏洛侯)ㆍLiuqiu (流求)ㆍWae (倭)
• Man (蠻)ㆍLiao (犭+尞)ㆍChampa (Lin'yi 林邑)ㆍChitu(赤土)ㆍChenla (眞臘)ㆍPoli(婆利)
• Di (氐)ㆍTuyuhun (吐谷渾)ㆍDangchanggiang(宕昌羌)ㆍDengzhi (鄧至)ㆍBailan (白蘭)ㆍDangxiang (党項)ㆍFuguo(附國)ㆍJihu(稽胡)

Vol. 2
• Chapter of tribes to the west of China (西域)
• Ruanruan (蠕蠕)ㆍXiongnu Yuwen Mohuai (匈奴宇文莫槐)ㆍTuheduanjiuliujuan(徒何段就六眷)ㆍGaoche(高車)
• Tujue (突闕)ㆍXitujue(西突闕)ㆍTiele (鐵勒)